"Stay with us, Whoopi. Stay with us," Ana Navarro joked, trying to keep her co-host engaged
NEED TO KNOW
- Whoopi Goldberg was not in the mood on Thursday, Feb. 12, as her co-hosts on The View got into a heated debate over an Olympics hot topic
- Goldberg jokingly threatened to leave the table, and she was even encouraged by co-host Joy Behar to “take a nap” to avoid the discussion
- “Stay with us, Whoopi. Stay with us,” Ana Navarro said, trying to keep her co-host engaged
The internet can't get enough of Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Lægreid and his viral cheating confession, but Whoopi Goldberg is not interested.
On the Thursday, Feb. 12 episode of The View, the co-hosts discussed Lægreid's confession during a Tuesday, Feb. 10 press conference, where he admitted that he'd cheated on his girlfriend during a live interview after winning the bronze medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
He called his ex "the love of my life" in the interview, according to a translation provided by E! News, but said he'd "made the biggest mistake of my life and was unfaithful" and had come clean about it and they'd broken up.
The next day, Lægreid issued an apology to both his ex-girlfriend and his teammate, Johan-Olav Botn, who had won gold but was overshadowed by the cheating confession. He said he "deeply regret[s]" taking the attention away from Botn and for thrusting his ex into the spotlight.
On The View, Goldberg, 70, said she was "confused by all of this" as the panel began discussing the drama.
"The main thing, Whoopi, is — he's with the girl six months, and he's cheating on her already," Joy Behar explained, before trying to offer a scientific explanation to explain the athlete's infidelity. "Tell us, doctor," Goldberg encouraged.
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"I'm quoting the great anthropologist, Helen Fisher. She says that the first two years of a relationship, you're hot hot for each other because the biological imperative, so you can reproduce and continue with the species," Behar, 83, said. "So if you are already cheating at six months, that is biology telling you it's off, it's wrong."
Sara Haines then jumped in, and Goldberg put her head in her hands on the table. As Haines explained that she thinks Lægreid cheated because he wasn't yet invested in his girlfriend, it became clear that Goldberg had lost interest.
"Stay with us, Whoopi. Stay with us," Ana Navarro said.
Sunny Hostin jumped in next, and declared that the athlete "loves" his ex, as Goldberg tried to get up from the table entirely, and then said "I'm out" to someone off-camera, as she continued to attempt to get up from her chair.
"Whoopi, you're excused," Behar told her, noticing her decreasing interest. Goldberg slouched over the table, and Behar said, "Whoopi, you're excused from this conversation. Take a nap."
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"Please, yes," Goldberg said, and then she cut the conversation off for good.
"You know what? I'll get this all straightened out. We'll be right back," she told the audience, signaling a commercial break and ending the debate.
The View airs weekdays at 11 a.m. ET on ABC.
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